The Krishnapatnam port in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh has been thriving on the business, with November’s volumes of 20,600 TEUs turning it into largest transshipment port on the country’s east coast. The Krishnapatnam port, promoted by CVR group, is an all-weather deep-water port. Its present draft of 18.5 m can accommodate full-sized cape vessels of 200,000-tonne capacity. It recently began expanding its container terminal. This involves addition of 250 metres of berth-length to the existing 650 metres and erecting of three more quay cranes. Currently about 2.8 million TEUs or fourth of India’s cargo containers are trans-shipped at ports outside India — mainly at Colombo, Singapore, Port Klang, Salalah and Jebel Ali. Colombo alone accounts for 1.2 million TEUs.